A mom whose blood in stool was dismissed for hemorrhoids was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer – despite originally ...

Thousands in KY go unscreened for colon cancer because they lack access or don't want colonoscopies or stool-based tests, but ...

Insurers should stop mailing colorectal cancer screening kits without the involvement of the patients’ physicians. Doctors ...

Amber Kissell, 45, from Indiana, claims she was told she had haemorrhoids while she was also suffering from tiredness and ...

Blood tests that detect early cancer are coming to market. Could they lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment?

Colon cancer, which is also known as rectal cancer, or colorectal cancer, is a malignant growth of cells from the colon or ...

Colon CT scans might be able to prevent more colon cancers than stool DNA testing Two CT screening approaches outperformed stool DNA testing in computer models CT screening also was more ...

Cancer rates in young people are growing, and those in the GI tract are rising fastest of all. Here are five things to know ...

Stool-based DNA testing can help bridge CRC screening gaps between rural and urban populations by providing timely follow-up. A study finds rural and nonrural patients have similar follow-up times ...

A woman was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at age 24 and said she almost missed a major warning sign of the disease.

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)—genetic material shed from tumors into the bloodstream—may help risk-stratify patients with ...

I had rectal bleeding, the most common symptom of colon cancer in people under 45. I also had a family history of colon cancer, which pushed me to get a colonoscopy at 33. My out-of-pocket colonoscopy ...